Zondervan to launch general YA imprint
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In the US, Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, will launch a new YA imprint aimed at the general trade market called Blink, reports Publishers Weekly. The imprint, which...
Wheatley, Brooks nominated for 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Author Nadia Wheatley and illustrator Ron Brooks have been nominated by IBBY Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The International Board of Books for Young People...
US indie booksellers increase ebook sales under Kobo
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In the US, Kobo has helped American Booksellers Association (ABA) member booksellers sell more ebooks in its first month’s partnership with the organisation than Google did in more than two...
A sporting chance: Nicole Hayes on ‘The Whole of My World’
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In reviewer Carody Culver’s words, Nicole Hayes’ debut YA novel The Whole of My World (Woolshed Press) ‘combines the heady world of AFL with a healthy dose of teenage angst...
Away with the faeries: Allyse Near on ‘Fairytales for Wilde Girls’
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
In her review of Fairytales for Wilde Girls (Random House), Bec Kavanagh describes Allyse Near’s literary debut as ‘a cobbled path leading deep into a forest, where the reader is...
2013 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Older Readers:...
2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Ten novels have been shortlisted for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, including five novels that have been translated into English. The shortlisted titles are: City of Bohane by Kevin...
2013 CBCA Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Older Readers:...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Sales Fiction—Scholastic has put a US deal in place for The Runaway Hug (Nick Bland & Freya Blackwood); and licensed Japanese rights to The Very Hungry Bear (Nick Bland). Random House...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 8 April 2013
Ten years ago, Rebecca Saunders settled down with Charlie Lewis on their farm. But now, as the farm begins to fail, Rebecca wonders how the romance with her husband vanished. What...
EU clears Penguin Random House merger
Monday, 8 April 2013
The European Commission has cleared the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House. The commission announced its decision in a statement on 5 April, saying that ‘the transaction would not...
Bridget William Books launches digital shorts imprint
Monday, 8 April 2013
New Zealand publisher Bridget William Books (BWB) has launched a new series of short digital-only books called BWB Texts. BWB launched the new series in March with Paul Callaghan: Luminous...
Random House, BMF partner on book donation campaign
Monday, 8 April 2013
Random House has partnered with advertising agency BMF on a new book donation campaign, which involves specially designed dust jackets doubling as pre-paid envelopes. The idea behind the campaign is...
Australia Post increases prepaid parcel prices
Monday, 8 April 2013
Australia Post has increased the price of its prepaid parcels as part of a range of measures it says will help meet ‘increasing demand for straightforward and hassle-free parcel delivery...
On tour: Meet the author Raina Telgemeier
Monday, 8 April 2013
Graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier is a guest of the Centre for Youth Literature’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne in May. Her autobiographical book Smile (Scholastic) was an international bestseller, and...
Australian authors longlisted for Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
Monday, 8 April 2013
A number of Australian authors have made the longlist for the 2013 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, one of the world’s largest prizes for short story collections. The longlisted...
Fernandez promoted at HarperCollins; digital-first Impulse imprint to be launched locally
Friday, 5 April 2013
HarperCollins Australia has announced that Rochelle Fernandez has been promoted to the role of commissioning editor for HarperVoyager. Fernandez, who has already started in the role, was previously digital...
Quote of the week
Friday, 5 April 2013
‘In the past two years we have seen a significant rise in digital sales of books, products, platforms and subscriptions ... against a backdrop of declining physical books sales. This...
Booksellers respond to Indie, Stella and Miles Franklin awards
Friday, 5 April 2013
Over the past few weeks the winners of the Indie Awards, the shortlist for the Stella Prize and the longlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award have all been announced....
On tour: Meet the author Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Friday, 5 April 2013
Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón is visiting Australia and New Zealand in May. His first novel for adults The Shadow of the Wind was an international bestseller, as was its prequel...
Fiction dominates ebook sales, according to UK report
Friday, 5 April 2013
In the UK, a new report shows that fiction titles dominated the ebook market in 2012, with nonfiction and children’s titles increasing slightly in market share, reports the Bookseller. The...
Arthur Frommer ‘re-acquires’ iconic brand from Google
Friday, 5 April 2013
Arthur Frommer, founder of the Frommer travel publishing brand, has acquired ‘certain’ content from Google, which acquired the brand from Wiley in 2012, reports the Bookseller. Google said in a...
Alex Adsett: Keeping up with contracts
Friday, 5 April 2013
Alex Adsett highlights new developments in publishing contracts, and where publishers and authors need to be wary. It has been interesting to watch the changes in the publishing industry playing...
In the aftermath: Kate Hendrick on ‘The Accident’
Friday, 5 April 2013
Kate Hendrick’s The Accident (Text, July) alternates between the perspectives of three characters who have lived through tragedy. The author spoke to Meredith Lewin. (Read the review here.) The Accident was shortlisted for...
Dreamtime tales: The collaboration of ‘More Stories from the Billabong’
Friday, 5 April 2013
Author James Vance Marshall and illustrator Francis Firebrace collaborated on More Stories from the Billabong (Walker Books, August). They spoke to Thuy On. (Read the review of More Stories from the Billabong here.) This...
Adaptation anticipation: Markus Zusak and Melina Marchetta on book-to-film adaptations
Friday, 5 April 2013
Forthcoming film adaptations of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief and Melina Marchetta’s On the Jellicoe Road are already attracting pre-production buzz. Andrew Wrathall spoke to the authors. ‘Had someone told...
War stories: Lyn White on the ‘Through My Eyes’ series
Friday, 5 April 2013
Lyn White is the editor of ‘Through My Eyes’, a new fiction series for readers aged 11-14 that explores war through the eyes of children. She spoke to Meredith Lewin....
On tour: Meet the author Libba Bray
Friday, 5 April 2013
Libba Bray is a guest of the Centre for Youth Literature’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne in May. Her latest book is The Diviners (A&U). What would you put on a...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Friday, 5 April 2013
We’re starting to get into convention and expo season, which makes it a good time to be looking at the state of sci-fi and fantasy sections. ID: The Second Machine...
Shelf talk: Classic comics
Friday, 5 April 2013
As MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules continue to dominate on TV, imagine a future where chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at...
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